Quote Originally Posted by Albionic68 View Post
Whatever anyone thinks of his performance as the Mayor of London I think it's only fair if readers explore the following article from the Full Facts website.

And by explore I don't mean stop reading at the opening header. I'd post the link but for some reason my phone isn't allowing me to copy and paste it although it seems to have no problem copying and pasting the article itself:

'Sadiq Khan’s former law firm did consult on the defence of someone convicted in relation to 9/11'

28 JUNE 2019

WHAT WAS CLAIMED
Sadiq Khan was the consultant lawyer for the captured 9/11 Al Qaeda terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui.

OUR VERDICT
Sadiq Khan did consult for the defence of Zacarias Moussaoui, although Mr Khan never represented the man in court and has never met him.

A Facebook post with over 600 shares has claimed that Mayor of London Sadiq Khan was the consultant lawyer for the “captured 9/11 Al Qaeda terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui”.

Zacarias Moussaoui is a French national who was arrested in August 2001 after arousing suspicion whilst studying at a flight school. Later, he was the only person to be convicted in the US in connection to the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Before he became an MP and then Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan was a solicitor specialising in human rights.

The Guardian reported in 2016 that Mr Khan had said he’d never represented Zacarias Moussaoui, but that his firm had consulted on Moussaoui’s defence. The mayor’s office confirmed to us that Mr Khan was consulting for the defence on that case, but did not represent Moussaoui and has never met him.

The image in the post of a man standing behind a woman comes from a 2002 news report in French recorded at the start of Moussaoui’s trial in Alexandria, Virginia. The woman being interviewed is Zacarias Moussaoui’s mother, Aicha el-Wafi.

The man standing behind her is Mr Khan, and the Mayor of London’s office confirmed this to us.

There are court documents mentioning Mr Khan—the defendant seems to have personally asked for Mr Khan to have security clearance to meet him. The response from the US government, which was prosecuting, reasoned that they should not be allowed to meet. A ruling from the judge in October 2002 denied the request. The Mayor of London’s office confirmed to us that Mr Khan never met Moussaoui.

Mr Khan could not have represented the defendant, because (as pointed out by the US government) he wasn’t licensed to practise law in that region.

Zacarias Moussaoui was sentenced in 2006, after Sadiq Khan left the law firm to campaign to be an MP in 2004'.

As for Cressida Dick I'm of the uninformed opinion she was promoted beyond her capabilities.

Good post and says it all. Human rights - defending terrorists! Someone like him is why this country is a mess!

Why not let in another 100,000 illegals and make life more comfortable for ISIS? Whilst we are at it - ban every single nativity play this coming Christmas!

Pathetic and perhaps this country should take a leaf out of Australia’s book! Putin must be laughing his socks off!!! Sanctions on the Russians - ha ha! We have no bottle